Best Phones - Need Opinions for Chicaga market

After 13 years as a loyal subscriber to Ameritech Cellular/Verizon Wireless and 7 months of dropped calls, I'm leaving VZ for Nextel.

Verizon's Solution was to permit me to upgrade equipment early provided I resign for another two years. No promise that the new equipment would last or be better for the next two years and no compensation for the last few months of lousy service.

I want a clamshell phone, and wondering what is the better performer between i530 and i730.

Any and all comments re: Nextel vs Verizon in Chicago and suburbs surrounding in a 75 mi circle are most welcome.

wow, i live ate most 20 miles from chi town in schererville INnextel has GREAT coverage in this area. And if i were you i would go for the i730, better everything than the i530(color screen, etc.)as for the i930, its comming in november, but i830 and i860(i860 being the camera phone) comming out in the summer.get the i730, then upgrade to the i860 when it comes outgood luck!